Shaw's Groove

5/5 - "UNMISTAKABLY GREAT" There are many young musicians who are making jazz connoisseurs sit up and take notice with their debut albums. This is also the case with the guitarist Jason Keiser and his album Shaw's Groove, which (with the exception of the title track) contains compositions by the trumpeter Woody Shaw and the pianist Ronnie Mathews ("Jean Marie") and the organist Larry Young ("Obsequious" ) has dedicated. The album's line-up is great, a sextet in which Keizer also includes the renowned John Stowell as second guitarist, as well as Erik Jekabson (tp, flh), Aaron Lington (bari sax), Dan Robbins (b) and Jason Lewis (dr) push. The Woody Shaw originals "Organ Grinder," "Zoltan," "The Moontrane" and the rousing "Katerina Ballerina" are interpreted outstandingly, in which the two guitarists and the wind instruments also perform strong solos. (Translated from German)